diff --git a/scripts/check_po.sh b/scripts/check_po.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# syntax:
+# check-po.sh
+
+for lang in `find locale -type f -name "*.po"`; do
+    dir=`dirname $lang`
+    stem=`basename $lang .po`
+    printf "${lang}: "
+    msgfmt --statistics ${dir}/${stem}.po
+done
+rm messages.mo